9. Don't hit it in the bunker in the first place. This was a very popular tip from our friends in PGA.com Facebook Nation. Of course, it didn't exactly answer our question, but since so many of you chimed in we felt we had to include it!

Facebook fan quotes:

"Stay Out!" -- Michael Fagan

"Don't hit it in the bunker." -- Cody Lowery

"Don't hit it there." -- Chris Young

"Hit the fairway... then you won't have to worry about the beach." -- Tim George

"Don't hit it in there." -- Justin T. Sheppard

8. Minimize the damage -- make sure you get out of the bunker in one shot. This makes sense, right? Get the ball back in play. Of course, better golfers sometimes prefer to be in a bunker instead of the rough, but that's not the case for all high-handicappers.

Facebook fan quotes:

"Get out of the bunker in one shot." -- Eric Jordan

7. Don't stop your swing at impact. The bunker isn't the place to start getting punchy with your wedge.

2. Don't decelerate. Sure, a bunker-shot can be a delicate one in many instances, but that doesn't mean you should slow down your downswing.

Facebook fan quotes:

"Finish high and don't decelerate!" -- Dewey Johnson

"Never decelerate your club." -- Nick Ruggles

"Keep accelerating through impact." -- Craig Pack

"Accelerate through the sand." -- Joseph Tyler Walski

"Don't decelerate." -- Jonathan Vannoy

"Just open it up... full swing no hesitation!" -- Tamera Slay Wattenbarger

1. Hit the sand, not the ball. Sometimes you need to pick it clean on a long bunker shot. However, when you're around the green, you need to splash the ball out of the sand to get it to stay on the green. Hit the sand behind the ball.

Facebook fan quotes:

"Hit the sand, not the ball." -- Bradley Paskievitch

"Throw the sand under the ball onto the green." -- Joshua Roberts

"Let the sand and follow through carry the ball." -- Tyler Michael

"Hit the sand out of the bunker. The ball will follow." -- Michael Martinez

"Bunker shots are simple. You don't even have to hit the ball. Good follow through equal to back swing and hit around two inches behind the ball. That works for me!" -- Darryl Mcerlean

"The Fried Egg Approach. The ball is the yolk in a sunny side up fried egg. You want to take the whole fried egg with you out of the bunker. So you envision the white around the ball/yolk and hit there and follow through." -- Tony G Mendoza

"Pretend the ball is setting on a tee and swing to hit the tee not the ball." -- Kyle Bohannon